Sec. 12-39l. Tax appeals. Definition. Appointment of judges to hear tax appeals by Chief Court Administrator.
Sec. 12-39l. Tax appeals. Definition. Appointment of judges to hear tax appeals by Chief Court Administrator. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, "tax
appeal" means an appeal from an order, decision, determination or disallowance of the
Commissioner of Revenue Services; an appeal that may be taken from a decree of a
court of probate under subsection (b) of section 12-359, subsection (b) of section 12-367 or under subsection (b) of section 12-395; an appeal from any order, decision,
determination or disallowance of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management
pursuant to sections 12-242gg to 12-242nn, inclusive; and an appeal that may be taken
from a decision of the Penalty Review Committee under subsection (d) of section 12-3a.
(b) The Chief Court Administrator shall appoint two judges of the Superior Court
to hear tax appeals. If practicable, the judges shall hear the appeals for not less than
eighteen months. The appeals may be heard at the judicial district that the Chief Court
Administrator deems appropriate.
(c) The Chief Court Administrator shall adopt the policies and procedures necessary
to implement the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 93-225, S. 1, 4; P.A. 95-2, S. 18, 37; 95-26, S. 51, 52; 95-132, S. 2, 5; 95-283, S. 11, 68; P.A. 96-261, S. 3, 4;
P.A. 97-165, S. 7, 16; P.A. 98-262, S. 1, 22.)
History: P.A. 93-225 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-2 added appeals under Sec. 12-242gg, effective March 8, 1995;
P.A. 95-26 added references to Subsec. (b) of Sec. 12-638i, effective July 1, 1995, and applicable to taxes due and owing
on or after July 1, 1995, whether or not those taxes first became due before said date; P.A. 95-132 added appeals from a
decision of the Penalty Review Committee to the definition of "tax appeal", effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 95-283 amended
Subsec. (a) to add appeals from decisions of boards of assessment appeals under Sec. 12-117a and from decisions of the
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management under Secs. 12-19b, 12-20b, 12-81g(e), 12-94a, 12-94b, 12-129d(a)
and (c), 12-170g, 12-170cc and 32-9s, effective October 1, 1996; P.A. 96-261 repealed changes made by P.A. 95-283,
effective June 10, 1996; P.A. 97-165 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to Sec. 12-395(b), effective July 1, 1997; P.A.
98-262 amended Subsec. (a) to include all appeals from the Commissioner of Revenue Services unless otherwise provided
by statute, effective June 8, 1998.
See Sec. 8-132 re referral of application re statement of compensation to a judge appointed to hear tax appeals.